Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.Quoted in Matthew M. Radmanesh, Cracking the Code of Our Physical Universe, p. 269
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John W. Gardner (1912–2002) was an American educator, author, and public official. He is best known for his work as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Lyndon B. Johnson, where he played a key role in shaping national policies on education and healthcare. Additionally, Gardner was the founder of organizations like Common Cause and Independent Sector, advocating for social and political reforms in the United States.
1882–2002·lived 119 years
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.Quoted in Matthew M. Radmanesh, Cracking the Code of Our Physical Universe, p. 269
One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.The Paradox of Failure, Sapiens Society, 2021
America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. John W.Excellence, 1990
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. John W.Excellence, p. 23, 1961
True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.
That’s all 6 quotes by John W. Gardner.